Veterinary and Livestock Sector : A Blueprint for Capacity Building

Contents: Preface. 1. Diverse roles of contemporary veterinarians/Sudhi Ranjan Garg. 2. Food security and sustainable development through livestock products/J. Sahoo and S.R. Garg. 3. Dairy research and development: challenges ahead/A.K. Srivastava, Shiv Prasad, A.K. Singh and Smita Sirohi. 4. Sheep and goat research: accomplishments and future strategies/P.K. Rout, D. Swarup and M.C. Sharma. 5. Action plan for capacity building of meat sector/N. Kondaiah. 6. Rabbit farming for sustainable development/Ved Prakash. 7. Animal genetic resources: conservation utilization and sustainable development/A.S. Khanna. 8. Nutritional strategies for raising livestock productivity/A. Sahoo. 9. Tackling drug residues in animal products/R.C. Patra. 10. Modernization of veterinary healthcare services/P. Dhanapalan and P. Selvaraj. 11. Application of veterinary surgical procedures in rural settings/Narinder Singh Saini and Jitender Mohindroo. 12. Mitigation of infertility in dairy animals/R.K. Chandolia. 13. Strategies for elimination of rabies/Sudhi Ranjan Garg. 14. Brucellosis: the future course of action/D.K. Singh. 15. Strategic control of peste des petits ruminants/R.P. Singh. 16. Bluetongue control: Indian perspective/Gaya Prasad and Minakshi. 17. Foot and mouth disease control/R. Sharma and N.K. Kakker. 18. Action Plan for control of haemorrhagic septicaemia and pasteurellosis/A.A. Kumar and S.B. Shivachandra. 19. Strategies for mastitis control/Anshu Sharma and Rajesh Chhabra. 20. Poultry disease control strategies/F.R. Sheriff. 21. Applications of information and communication technology in livestock sector/Abdul Samad, Prashant Murdeshwar and Zohaib Hameed. 22. Bioinformatics: a modern tool in livestock health and production/M.L. Sangwan. 23. Applications of geoinformatics in animal health/Arun K. Sangwan. 24. Ethnoveterinary medicine/N. Punniamurthy. 25. Surveillance in veterinary medicine/L. Gunaseelan. 26. Essentials of necropsy and diagnostic material collection/R.P. Gupta, Deepika Lather and Vikas Nehra. 27. Intersectoral coordination for control of zoonotic infections/B.R. Singh, Vidya Singh and S.R. Garg.  28. Occupational risk alleviation in livestock sector/B. Sunil and K. Crinda Menon. 29. Capacity building of veterinarians for disaster response/S.R. Garg and V.J. Jadhav. 30. Role of financial institutions in livestock development/D.V. Deshpande. 31. Veterinary legislations for good Governance/Renu Gupta, Sandeep Kumar and S.R. Garg. 32. Future needs of veterinary education/R. Prabakaran and J. John Kirubaharan.

Livestock sector is indispensable for food security and well being of the society. A number of disciplines of Veterinary and Animal Sciences are involved in the task of sustainable development of livestock health, production food safety and public health. There has been rapid progress in intellectual understanding and accomplishments but the real goals can be achieved only by putting the knowledge into practice at a faster pace to catch up with the changing scenario of global food market transborder animal infections zoonotic diseases public health threats and biological disasters. Based on the gap analysis this book provides blueprints and action plans envisaged by the top academicians, scientists, administrators and planners for future developments in veterinary and livestock sector. It deals with different aspects of Veterinary Sciences, Animal Husbandry and Public Health keeping the society as the ultimate beneficiary in mind. The authors have enriched the chapters with their longstanding professional experiences, own research findings and the latest data to develop the book into an unmatched resource for the  students, teachers and academicians in the educational and research institutions dealing with Veterinary Sciences, Animal Sciences, Livestock Production and Public Health. The book is a rich source of invaluable information for the policymakers, planners, boards and organizations concerned with animal health, animal welfare, livestock production, diseases control, zoo noses and public health. The field functionaries in the Animal Husbandry departments and livestock farms and the veterinary clinicians and professionals in the public as well as private sector will find the book very useful tool for success in their endeavours. Simple language and lucid illustrations make the book quite a reading pleasure.